The Hindu Editorial (Give and take) – Nov 21, 2018

After the heat and dust of the last one month, the board meeting of the Reserve Bank of India on Monday turned out to be muted and professional, as it should have been. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Give and take) – Nov 21, 2018.

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Today’s word list-1 The Hindu Editorial (Give and take) – Nov 21, 2018:

give and take (phrase) – compromise, concession; cooperation/teamwork.
the heat (noun) – unnecessary pressure/criticism.
(kick up) dust (phrase) – create commotion/disturbance.
mute (verb) – restrain, soften, subdue/tone down.
summary (adjective) – immediate, instant/instantaneous, on-the-spot.
precipitate (adjective) – sudden, hurried, hasty.
have one’s way (phrase) – to do what one wishes for.
go down well (phrase) – to be well-accepted.
address (verb) – attend to, tackle, deal with.
carry the day (phrase) – win, gain, be successful.
liquidity (noun) – a measure of activity (i.e. the ability to buy or sell easily) in a market.
tap (verb) – draw on, exploit, make use of, use/utilize.
reserves (noun) – funds (resources as stock/reservoir).
stave off (verb) – avert, prevent, avoid (something dangerous or from serious situations).
bias (noun) – prejudice, partiality, favouritism/unfairness.
balance sheet (noun) – a statement that shows the financial condition of a company at a particular point in time.
yield (verb) – concede, conform to, agree to.
Basel capital Framework (noun) – an internationally agreed set of measures aim to strengthen the regulation, supervision and risk management of banks. The Basel Committee standards are minimum requirements which apply to internationally active banks.
credit flow (noun) – availability of credit.
push back (phrasal verb) – postpone, stall, delay.
capital buffer (noun) – accumulating a buffer of capital in good times which may be used to maintain flow of credit to the real sector in difficult times.
debt recast/restructuring (noun) – a reorganisation of a company’s outstanding debt, for instance by converting some of the debt into equity.
hands-on (phrase) – pragmatic, real/actual, experimental.